44: The four wanted revenge and were fooled again

"What is that thing?"

Xiao Daidai turned her head in shock, covering her ears.

She felt that the sound just now had some kind of power, entering her body through her ears, almost shaking her spiritual power apart.

She was only a little shocked and worried, but the three people on Broken Wood Cliff truly felt like their lives were on the line.

"It seems we're deadlocked?"

Midnight Gao Sou pondered for a moment, finally uttering a sentence.

Around them were dense flocks of Demonic Beasts; individually, they were no match, but as a group, they could easily suppress them.

Below the cliff, there were also loud roars.

Following the sound, they could already see a blurry dark shadow, gently swaying in the mountain mists, constantly moving upwards.

All three knew that something huge had awakened and was attacking them.

What should they do now?

Fortunately, the behemoth below didn't leave them much time.

A giant dark shadow flashed, and the three Qi Refining First Level Cultivators, along with the surrounding bird-like Demonic Beasts, were all swallowed in one gulp.

Now there was no need to think of a solution.

They could only wait for death.

"Damn it, why didn't it kill me instantly?"

Inside the giant creature's throat, Midnight Gao Sou felt like he was going crazy.

Something more terrifying than death was knowing you were surely going to die but not being able to die quickly!

Around them was disgusting, viscous liquid, constantly corroding their bodies; in the pitch black, the three only felt panic.

Outside the giant creature, the sole survivor, Xiao Daidai, was completely stunned.

She saw a toad, about dozens of meters long, leap up from the valley below, its tongue flicking out, swallowing a group of Demonic Beasts along with the three people.

Its speed was astonishing.

"What is that? A Demonic Beast?"

Xiao Daidai murmured, feeling incredulous.

A toad dozens of meters long? No game had ever had such a design.

"That's right, that is a Demonic Beast, the king beneath this Broken Wood Cliff. Its strength is comparable to a Foundation Establishment Cultivator; even if the Disciples of Duan Kong Cave came, they wouldn't dare provoke it easily."

Ge Xuanqing chuckled as he approached: "Immortal, it's time to return my item."

"Return your item?"

Xiao Daidai looked blank, still unaware of what had happened.

If it were anyone else here, they would have attacked Ge Xuanqing immediately, but it was Xiao Daidai, who liked playing palace intrigue and dress-up games, so she didn't react for a moment.

Ge Xuanqing didn't speak, merely taking a step back.

The next moment, the sunlight on Xiao Daidai suddenly disappeared, and a huge shadow enveloped her; from a distance, it faintly appeared long and narrow.

She looked up in shock and saw a red tongue appear above her... Slurp!

The toad's red tongue coiled around Xiao Daidai. She cried out in surprise, subconsciously wanting to resist, but a punch to the tongue had no effect whatsoever.

The most troublesome thing was that the red tongue also had poison, making her weaker and weaker, quickly rendering her unable to struggle, only able to wait for death.

At this moment, the toad looked at Ge Xuanqing, seemingly wanting to continue its attack.

Cold sweat beaded on Ge Xuanqing's forehead, yet he didn't dodge at all. Instead, he fumbled in his embrace, pulled out a smooth Medicinal Pill, and threw it with all his might towards the toad's mouth.

The toad swallowed the Medicinal Pill, its belly wiggled, its eyeballs rolled, and it spat out the things it had swallowed earlier with a 'peh, peh, peh' sound, then scurried back to the bottom of Broken Wood Cliff, no longer showing its head.

Four unrecognizable corpses, their flesh completely corroded by stomach acid, even their bones nearly gone, lay on the ground.

Ge Xuanqing waited for a while, until the residual mucus evaporated, then slowly approached and took the storage ring from the skeletal hand of a corpse... "Damn! Damn! Damn! Damn!"

Old Potato got up, almost smashing the VR pod.

He felt they had been very careful.

Qi Refining Cultivators dealing with Mortals, they had tested them in several waves, and even tested the Spiritual Plants he gave.

They even specifically left one as a backup plan.

Yet they were still tricked!

"Is this reasonable? This is completely unreasonable! Trash game! It's just a trash game!"

Old Potato lost control of his emotions, frantically jumping around his room, constantly waving his fists.

The livestream audience also found it amusing, teasing Old Potato for being 'broken'.

"Broken? I'm not broken!

"I just think this game is completely unreasonable!"

Old Potato drank a glass of water, then simply sat down on the floor, panting heavily.

"Old Wang being tricked, that was due to a difference in cultivation. It's understandable that a Qi Refining Cultivator couldn't defeat a Foundation Establishment Cultivator.

"But what about us? What is this supposed to be?

"Twice in a row! Tricked by Mortals twice!

"Is this even f*cking reasonable?!"

Hearing this, the audience finally remembered.

Good heavens, this was actually the second time they had been counter-killed by Mortals.

The first time was Zhen Xingshan, who used evil cultivation methods to unleash powerful strength in a short time, sweeping all four of them.

The second time was this Ge Xuanqing, who used Spiritual Plants and Demonic Beasts, borrowing the power of others to clear obstacles.

The audience now understood why Old Potato was 'broken'.

Old Potato, who always liked to use his brain to play games, was actually played by someone else in the game this time?

"No! I can't swallow this!"

Old Potato fiercely pounded his thigh, then lay back down in the VR pod.

"Brothers, revenge! We must have revenge!"

Old Potato immediately shouted in the team voice chat.

The other three had been somewhat silent, but hearing this, they also became excited:

"Damn it, we must get revenge! My mage has never suffered such a loss!"

"If I don't kill this Ge Xuanqing today, I won't be called Gao Sou!"

"I want revenge too, he's too bullying!"

The four discussed for a while and all agreed that Ge Xuanqing was actually not strong.

He merely used Spiritual Plants to attract Demonic Beasts; his own strength was very poor. Next time they met, they should attack immediately and be able to instantly kill him.

With the plan set, the four loaded their most recent save, then marched rapidly, quickly finding Ge Xuanqing.

"Ge Xuanqing, you're dead today!"

Old Potato was the first to attack, angrily rushing over, wanting to slap Ge Xuanqing to death on the spot.

Ge Xuanqing was scared to have his Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering, quickly shouting: "Immortal, Immortal, is there some misunderstanding? I am just a Herbalist, I don't know how I offended you?"

It would have been better if he hadn't said anything; saying it only made Old Potato angrier, and he immediately wanted to kill Ge Xuanqing directly.

At this moment, the mage spoke: "Wait! We haven't learned herbalism in this save yet!"

Old Potato also calmed down: "Right, we need him to teach us herbalism again."

The four surrounded him, forcing Ge Xuanqing to teach them, preparing to act once they had learned "Clear Wind Herbalist Hand."

Ge Xuanqing trembled, as if scared out of his wits.

He took out Spiritual Plants from his basket, intending to give the four a demonstration.

The four didn't think there was any problem; it was the same in the previous save.

They followed Ge Xuanqing, invigorating the spiritual power within their bodies, and began the small circulation.

But suddenly, Ge Xuanqing fiercely waved the Spiritual Plants, and a series of granular smoke diffused from them, instantly entering the four people's bodies.

The four were caught off guard, their spiritual power actually reversed, and they immediately spat out mouthfuls of fresh blood, their entire bodies becoming extremely weak.

"Haha, you've been poisoned by 'Ni Ling Grass'! Your spiritual power has reversed, your entire cultivation has dissipated, you're dead!"

Ge Xuanqing laughed heartily, while laughing, he pulled out a sharp short knife from his basket.

Seeing this scene, the four felt a chill to their bones, but their bodies were so weak they couldn't take even a single step.

They were actually tricked and killed by Mortals again.

Old Potato wanted to cry but had no tears, completely despairing.

Just then, a clear voice came from afar, as pleasant as silver bells—

"Stop!"